Libs hold solid lead in SA

The South Australian Liberal opposition holds a solid lead over a resurgent Labor government, according to the latest Newspoll.

The poll gives the opposition a 53-47 per cent lead over Labor on a two-party preferred basis heading towards the next state election in March.

Labor has substantially closed the 12-point deficit it faced in June.

The opposition's lead represents a 1.4 per cent swing to the Liberals since the last election in 2010 when Labor retained office with 48.4 per cent of the vote.

If that swing were uniform across the state, it would have the opposition pick up two of Labor's marginal seats, just one short of the three the party needs to form a minority government and four short of the six needed to win office in its own right.

But Labor has six seats on a margin of less than three per cent and 11 with MPs sitting on a buffer of less than five per cent.

The Newspoll still has Labor's Jay Weatherill holding a handy 40-29 per cent lead over Opposition Leader Steven Marshall as preferred premier.

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The poll, published in The Australian, was taken from October to December, including a period immediately after car maker Holden announced its plans to quit local vehicle production by the end of 2017.